Mechanical movement.



E. N. KIGER.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.29, 1914.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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E. N. KIGER.

MECHANICAL movmsm.

v APPLICATION FILED SEPT-29, 9'4. 1,136.91 1. I Patented Apr.20, 1915.

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1H5 NORRIS PETERS CO PHOTC-L|THO WASHING FUN. D. C.

EDRICK N. KIGER, OF PLUMMEB, IDAHO.

MECHANICAL movements. 7

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

Application filed. September 29, 1914. Serial No. 864,080.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDnroK N. Krona, acitizen of the United States, residing. at Plummer, in the county ofKootenai and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Mechanical Movements, of which the following is aspecification.

vision of a novel form of mechanical move ment for use in connectionwith advertising and window displays and which may also be utilized forthe transfer of power to other movable objects.

Other features and objects of the invention will be more fully describedin connectionwith the accompanying drawings, and y will be moreparticularly pointed out in an by the appended claims. 1

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one form ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is a view looking in the direction of arrow 2 ofFig. 1. "Fig. 3 is a view in elevation looking in the direction of arrow3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view. Like characters of referencedesignate similar parts throughout the different figures of thedrawings.

7 As illustrated, the invention includes a' frame comprising framesections composed of rectangular frames disposed at right angles withrespect to each other, and one being disposed within the other. Theinterior or inside frame comprises upper and lower horizontals .1 and 2having end verticals 3 and 4. The exterior or outside frame compriseshorizontals 5 and 6, which areconnect'ed at their ends by verticals 7and 8, the frames being in crossed relation, as will be clearly seen byreference to Fig. 1. At the crossing juncture of the frames, bearings 9and 10 are provided in which the ends of a vertically disposed shaft 11,are journaled. A hearing bracket 12, preferably in the form of a yoke,steadies the shaft 11 at 13, and has a bearing 14 for a power shaft 15,the remaining end of the latter being journaled in upright 4. Onshaft-11, I mount a bevel shaft 16 which meshes with a bevel gear 17 onpower shaft .15 so that when shaft 11 is rotated, power shaft 15 will bedriven in a manner to permit of power being taken off from a pulley 18,on shaft 15.

An annular transmission member is indicated at 19, and is in the form ofa. ring having a flat upper face. The ring 19 is mounted upon a pivotspindle 20, which is offset at 21 so that its axis will intersect theaxis of shaft 11, or in other words, so that the spindle 20 can bedisposed in such a manner that its axis will intersect the axis of shaft11. The spindle 20 extends through the transmission member 19 and isshown This invention has for its object the projournaled in the uprightsor verticals 3 and 4, thereby permitting the transmission member 19 tobe rocked about the spindle 20 as an axis.

An arm 22 is shown hubbed on the shaft 11 and secured by a pin 23against rotative movement independently of the shaft 11, but in suchamanner as to be capable of taking different angular positions withrespect to the shaft 11'. If desired, the terminal of the shaft 22 mayhave a bore somewhat enlarged with respect to shaft 11. On the free endof arm 22 is rotatably mounted a revolving weight which may be in theform of a disk 24, which is held by said arm to a circular path ofmovement such that the disk will not only track in its path but willalways be disposed on the upper face of ring 19.

In order to render the rolling weight ef fective for the purpose ofactuating the ring to transmit power therefrom, I pro-. vide meansfortilting or rocking the ring 19 in a manner to cause the rolling weight24 to travel about the ring by gravity and momentum.

As shown, a pulley 25 is driven by a belt 26 and is mounted upon a shaft27. A crank disk 28 is mounted on shaft 27 and is provided with a wristpin 29. A pitman 30 is journaled on wrist pin 29 and is pivoted at 31 toa crank rod 32. Crank rod 32 is slidable in a guide 33 and has a. pinconnection 34 with the slotted end of a ring rod 35, which is fixed tothe ring 19.

Now it will be clear from the foregoing that relatively light motivepower will be sufficient to rock or oscillate the ring 19 and it will beunderstood that the rolling weight 24 will be of sufficient heft totransmit considerable power. Therefore, as the ring 19 is rockeddownwardly, in the position shown in Fig. 2, the rolling weight willseek a lower position by gravity and in so doing, will acquiresufiicient momentum to carry the weight upwardly over the crest or highpoint at a, whereupon, and at that moment when the rolling weight iscarried While I have herein shown and describedone specific form of theinvention,it will be understood that the invention is not to be limitedto the specific form shown except for a such limitations as the claimsmay import.

I c1aim:

1. In a mechanical movement, a ring transmission member, means pivotallysupporting the latter to rock about a horizontal axis, a rotating weightmovable on said ring about a vertical axis intersecting the rocking axisof said ring, means for rocking said ring to cause movement of saidwe1ght by gravity, and means for taking power from said weight,substantially as described;

2; .In a mechanical movement, rectangular s frames, one within: and incrossed relation with respect to the other andsaid frames having bearmgsat their crossing Juncture, a

7 vertical transmissionshaft having its ends journaled in said bearings,a bearing bracket fixed to said inner frame and provided with "a hub inbearing relation with said shaft, a

gear on said shaft and a power shaft journaled in said bracket bearingand having a gear meshing with said transmission gear and said powershaft being journaledin said inner frame, a horizontal ring spindlejournaled'in saidinnerfra'me'with its axis intersecting the axis of saidvertical shaft and being offset to clear: said vertical shaft,

a transmission ring disposed within said frames in concentr1crelatlon'wlth said vertlcal shaft and mounted on said spindle,

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an arm fixed to said transmission shaft and provided with a powertransmission weight rotatively mounted thereon" and revoluble,

around and upon said ring, and means for rocking said ring to causegrav1ty movement of said weight thereabout to actuate said transmissionshaft, scr1bed.- a

3. In a mechanlcal movement, a ring transmission member, pivotalsupports for 'the latter, a rotating weight revoluble alongsubstantially as de-' said ring, means for taking power from said aweight, and meansfor rocking said ring to 7 cause gravity movement ofsaidZweight and in such timed relation with respect thereto as; tochange the ring from one position to anotherwhile said weight is abovethe'piv- 1 otal supports of said ring, substantially as described. I

4. In a mechanical movement, rectangular frames disposed onewithin andincrossed relation with each other and said frames havin bearin s attheir crossin 'uncture h b l 1 a vertical transmission shaft-having itsends ournaled in said bearings, fifl'lOIlZOIltELl ring spindle Journaled1n-sa1'd1nner frame with itsaxis intersecting the axis of said verticalan'arm fixed to said transmission shaft and prov1ded wlth a powertransmission weight rotatively mounted-thereon and revoluble around "andupon said ring, andm'eans for rocking said ring to cause gravity.movement of said weight thereabout to actuate said transmission shaft,substantially as described;

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